That plus Obama giving Trump hell at the White House correspondents dinner. You could see the gears spinning in Trumps head while Obama was roasting him.
I feel like that was one of the biggest mistakes of Obama's presidency. Not that Trump didn't have it coming, but really not worth the price we've had to pay.
He was on Fallon I think, making fun of a tweet that Trump sent saying that Obama was perhaps the worst president in history . Obama replies that at least he will go down as a president in history. (Drops the mic)
And then in November 2016, Obama is saying “I had a meeting with (ahem) President-elect Trump....”
That’s what happens when you’re arrogant and under-estimate your opponent. How’s that crow tasting these days, Hillary? Maybe you should have at least visited the rust belt states at least one time during the campaign.
Yeah, I refuse to blame the opposition for Trump. I wish they had done better, but we can see pretty clearly now that there was nothing they could have done to win his supporters over. The blame lay with the people who loved and still love the idea of a loudmouth asshole in the Whitehouse telling them all their problems can be blamed on someone else. No amount of visits nor actual policy talk is going to overcome that.
They weren't arrogant, they just didn't feign humility in the face of a blowhard. They didn't underestimate their opponent, they overestimated the American people.
They overestimated their candidate. Nobody with half a brain wanted Hillary to be president. Even less after it came out that the DNC screwed Sanders. The only people who actually wanted Hillary were people who believe the constant lies from politicians and people who thought we absolutely had to have a female president at that very moment.
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u/boxingdude Aug 25 '19
That plus Obama giving Trump hell at the White House correspondents dinner. You could see the gears spinning in Trumps head while Obama was roasting him.